hengest
A gelding ⬩ horse ⬩ steed
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A gelding, horse, steed Hengst canterius, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 46; Wrt. Voc. 23, 8. Án hundred wildra horsa and xvi tame hencgestas a hundred wild horses and sixteen tame steeds, Chart. Th. 548, 11
heorþ-geneát
A hearth-comrade ⬩ a follower who shares the hearth of his lord
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A hearth-comrade, a follower who shares the hearth of his lord Wé synt Hygeláces heorþgeneátas, Beo. Th. 528; B. 261: 3165; B. 1580: 4365; B. 2180: 6341; B. 3180; Byrht. Th. 137, 50; By. 204
hrisel
A shuttle ⬩ radius
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A shuttle; radius Hrisl radiolum, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 54; Wrt. Voc. 59, 25: radium, Wrt. Voc. 281, 75. Hresl [hrefl. Wrt.] radius, 66, 12. Hrisil, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 20; Rä. 36, 7
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in-seglian
To seal
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To seal, place a seal upon Hig innseglodon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 66. Inseglige man ða hand let a seal be put upon the hand, L. Æðelst. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30
medu-benc
A bench in a banqueting-hall
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A bench in a banqueting-hall Medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1556; B. 776. On ðære medubence, 2108; B. 1052. Medobence, 4376; B. 2185. Meodobence, 3808; B. 1902. Meodubence, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 9; Vy. 48
mis-rǽcan
to reach or touch wrongly ⬩ to apply abusive language to a person
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to reach or touch wrongly, metaph. to apply abusive language to a person Ðæt man biddendne þearfan misrǽce to abuse a needy person who begs (is one of the lighter offences), Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25
ge-twisa
A twin
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A twin Twegen getwisan two twins, Gen. 38, 27: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 62, 197. Getwisan gemini, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 13: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 5; Lchdm. iii. 244, 24
ge-healdan
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add: (3 a) with complement Þé sind gehealdene ðiacute;ne méda gewisse, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 23. add: (1 a) with complement Trúwiende ꝥ hine ungederodne geheólde þæt mægn þæs licgendan, Hml. S. 236, 777 n
BLÓT
A sacrifice ⬩ sacrificium
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A sacrifice; sacrificium He ealle ða cuman to blóte gedyde he gave all the strangers for a sacrifice, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 4. On blóte by sacrifice, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21
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scilcen
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A female servant or slave, a woman of bad character:Hom. Th. ii. 162, 33. — Hé gemacode ðæt seofon nacode wímmen urnon plegende on heora gesihþum, ðæt heora mód wurde ontend tó gálnysse þurh ðæra scylcena plegan
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scytere
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a shooter, an archer. v. scyteres (sciteres) clif, flóde, streám, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 330. [Icel. skytari a shooter.] one that moves swiftly (?) Ad rivulum qui scitere dicitur, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 102, 29. Cf. scytta
streám-rád
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the bed, course of a stream Streám-raad, -rád, streúmrád alveus, Txts. 39, 129. a watery road, the way across the sea Sum streámráde con, weorudes wísa ofer wídne holm, . Exon. Th. 296, 21; Crä. 54
weorold-feoh
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Worldly wealth, this world's goods Nis woruldfeoh ðe ic mé ágan wille sceat ne scilling ( I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, Gen. 14, 23), Cd. Th. 129, 12 ; Gen. 2142
drugaþ
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drought Drúgoða eów cymð, þonne gé rénas behófedan, Wlfst. 297, 10. Drúgaþe (-a ?), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 43. a dry place Hí dweledon on wéstene on drúgoþe erraverunt in solitudine in inaquoso, Ps. L. 106, 4
flów-nys
a flow ⬩ flux ⬩ a stream
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Add: a flow, flux Astód ðió flównis (fluxus) blódes. Lk. R. 8, 44. Sió unrótnes ðe cymð of yfles blódes flównesse, Past. 455, 14, 23. a stream Ðára lára flównisa doctrinarum fluenta, Mt. p. 8, 17
fót-setla
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One who sits on a footstool(?), an inferior member of a company Gif cniht binnan stig sitte, gylde ánne syster huniges: and gif hwá fótsetlan haebbe, do ꝥ ylce, Cht. Th. 612, 34. Cf. fót; I. ¶
ge-myndig
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Memory of a person v. ge-mynd; IV a Ic wil-node . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemyndig (gemynd, v. l. ) on gódum weorcum, Bt. 17; F. 60, 16
háligdóm-hús
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A place where holy things are kept, a sacrarium Beón út ágáne diácon and pistelrǽdere of (on, MS. ) hálig*-*dómhúse mid líchaman Drihtnes egrediantur diaconus ac subdiaconus de sacrario cum corpore Domini, Angl. xiii, 422, 818
hæg
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a fence; a hag, an enclosure Terram nominatam Haeg, C. D. i. 49, 23. The word is found forming the first part of local names, Hægdún, Hæghyll, Hægleá; also in other words, hæg-steald, hæg-þorn
hæft-encel
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Substitute: <b>hæftinoel,</b> es; n. An enslaved captive, a captive bought and made a slave. Cf. hæft; Hæftincel empticius (cf. emptilius geboht þeówa, i. 50, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 34